Yardeni, A., & Shapira, E. 1995 Thinning populations of the Florida wax scale, Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock (Coccidae), by use of potassium nitrate and spray oil, as an option in IPM of citrus groves in Israel.. Israel Journal of Entomology 29: 271-276.

Notes: This major pest of citrus is usually controlled by non-selective insecticides; it has an advantage over its natural enemies in the build-up of its population in a "clean" grove, following pesticidal control, due to the ability of its wind-dispersed crawlers to invade the grove and the tremendous rate of increase of its population; thinning the population by a nutritional spray with soil might be an additional option in IPM.